Lincoln, Abraham,  1809-1865. <br/><br/>
Speeches and writings, 1832-1858 :  speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, the Lincoln-Douglas debates 
Abraham Lincoln. 
 - New York, N.Y. :  Literary Classics of the United States :  Distributed by the Viking Press,  1989. 
 - xix, 898 p. ;  21 cm. 
 - The Library of America ;  45 .
<br/><br/> The texts are selected (from The collected works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy Basler, c1953, and its supplement, c1974) and annotated by Don E. Fehrenbacher.  "Don E. Fehrenbacher wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume"--P. [v]  "First printing"--T.p. verso.  Includes bibliographical references (p. 858-876) and index. 
<br/><br/> Abraham Lincoln measured the promise--and cost--of American freedom in lucid and extraordinarily moving prose, famous for its native wit, simple dignity of expression, and peculiarly American flavor. This volume, with Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. Over 240 speeches, letters, and drafts take Lincoln from rural lawyer to U.S. senatorial candidate, and chart his emergence as an eloquent antislavery advocate and defender of the Constitution. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0940450437 (alk. paper) :  $35.00 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88082723 //r934 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Political career before 1861.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1849-1861.<br/>United States--History--1849-1877.<br/>Illinois--History--1778-1865.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.5